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Kosher/ Restaurants: First 3 are on the same block.
-The Hana -  Meat - Open for lunch and dinner  (Shabbos meals) Supervision: Orthodox Rabbinate - Hana has now reopened
-Carmel - Meat - Open for lunch & dinner. Dont expect steaks but good Hungarian meat and chicken dishes. Supervision: Rabbi Oberlander - Chabad -    Menu
-Tel Aviv Cafe - Dairy - Open for breakfast & lunch and depending on the season dinner too. Cholov yisrael   English Menu     Hebrew Menu
-Kosher Butcher Shop on Dob u, behind the Kazincy shul courtyard. used to have delicious smoked salami
-Kosher Market as well on Dohany u 36 - standard israeli and even american brands. Also sells locally baked goods with Rabbi Oberlanders hashgacha. Fresh daily.
-Kosher Deli Budapest Síp u. 12
-Kosher Meatup Síp u. 5 https://koshermeatup.hu/en
-Brooklyn Bagel Újpesti rakpart 1, Budapest
-Shakshuka Kazinczy utca 30, Budapest, 8am-3pm - Shakshuka is temporarily closed

Synagogue:
-Kazincy U.(street) Ashkenaz - minyan every morning at 7:00 and mincha maariv 15 Minutes before shkiah
-Kis Diofa u.
-Chabad, Rabbi Oberlander. Shachris: Sun. 9:00, other days at 7:00 with breakfast served after davening, except Sunday.
-Other Chabad shul is geared towards Israeli tourists
-Chevra shas during the week and in the main shul across the courtyard on shabbos. You can check with Rabbi Oberlander about his minyanim

mikveh
on Kazincy open from 6:00, the code is written on the door, towels provided, entrance fee 500 HUF

Things to Do:
Pest side of city Chain Bridge:
-Parliament
-Terror museum
- Vaci U shopping area (watch out for pickpockets and scam artist),
-Andrassy U High end shops
-Embassies
-State Opera House
-Heroes square at the end of Andrassy u.
-National Museum
-Széchenyi Thermal Bath

Buda side of city:
-Tram ride up Castle Hill
-Fishermans Bastion
-Danube river cruise
-Bronze shoe holocaust memorial on the bank of the Danube

Hotels: (Doesnt pay to use any points at any of the hotel chains)
-Gellert nice but overpriced
-Four Seasons nice but overpriced
-Kempinski (Usually very cheap $100 a night)
- Continental, on Dohany street
- Astoria

Getting Around:
-Its a beautiful city to walk around.
-Uber suspended operations in Budapest in July 2016.
-Cabs can and will rip you off...especially those parked outside hotels.
-Use app called Taxify. Its similar to Uber. Use promo code TAXIFYBP for 1000 HUF first ride
-Airport to city should be flat fee make sure you dont get scammed.
- http://www.minibud.hu/en Airport Transfer from city center, hop on hop off sightseeing tour with English and Hebrew audio
- BKK Budapest 24-hour travelcard HUF 2500, they also have multi-day options
- BKK Budapest 24-hour group travelcard (for 1-5 passengers traveling together) HUF 5500
- Bus 200E from the airport to Metro gets you into the city in 50 min
- Bus 100E from the airport to the city center (stops: Kálvin tér, Astoria, Deák tér) - HUF 2200

Notes:
Avoid Euronet ATMs at tourist sites. Use bank ATMs. Always decline the "exchange guarantee" the ATM operator is offering you, choose local currency, your own bank will have a better exchange rate than what the ATM is offering you. The ATM "exchange guarantee" is a scam and hidden fee that should be avoided.

Drivers
Shlome Hernadi - +36 (209) 348-917 - liszka1953@gmail.com
Alex - +36 (30) 2042998
Shlome Kurtz - +36 (30) 3556735 - slajme@gmail.com
Meir Gluck - +36 (20) 4602373
Janos Bene - +36 (20) 9342408 - rentacarhungary@gmail.com
Berish Goldmann - +36 (70) 4524900 - forma11562@gmail.com
Bence Bekassy - +36 (70) 558 5405 - ben@busrentalbudapest.hu
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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #960 on: March 12, 2024, 02:07:21 PM »
The last minyan was in 1944
There are still minyanim in Nyirbator...on 16th Avenue in Brooklyn
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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #961 on: March 14, 2024, 05:04:49 PM »
Is there a minyan in Nirbator? Has anybody been there? I need to go to the beis hachaim there
no minyen but its not far from kerestir which always has minyen

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #962 on: March 14, 2024, 05:20:58 PM »
no minyen but its not far from kerestir which always has minyen
Its over an hour away. Out of the last 3 tines I was in Keristir there was a barely a minyan once. Since October 7 the Israelis have not been coming.
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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #963 on: March 15, 2024, 03:38:14 AM »
Its over an hour away. Out of the last 3 tines I was in Keristir there was a barely a minyan once. Since October 7 the Israelis have not been coming.

True. Was there in November, only 2 Jews were there.

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #964 on: March 18, 2024, 04:14:11 PM »
Its over an hour away. Out of the last 3 tines I was in Keristir there was a barely a minyan once. Since October 7 the Israelis have not been coming.
was there 2 weeks ago, it was packed with israelis

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #965 on: April 25, 2024, 01:46:12 PM »
Most of the city on the Pest side of the Duna has an Eruv now set up by Rabbi Oberlander

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #966 on: April 27, 2024, 07:44:03 PM »
Most of the city on the Pest side of the Duna has an Eruv now set up by Rabbi Oberlander
From what I heard its not so simple there is a kpeida not to make an eiruv there, not sure the exact details.

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #967 on: May 01, 2024, 11:33:05 AM »
From what I heard its not so simple there is a kpeida not to make an eiruv there, not sure the exact details.
Are you saying that he doesn't know what he is doing?
AFAIK he has been studying and working on this for at least a decade
If you don't need or don't want an eruv then don't use it

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #968 on: May 19, 2024, 03:23:53 AM »
Re Shabbos in Budapest
What are the best options regarding hotel and food
"Credit Cards delaying arguments for 30 Days"

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #969 on: May 27, 2024, 01:56:49 PM »
Are you saying that he doesn't know what he is doing?
AFAIK he has been studying and working on this for at least a decade
If you don't need or don't want an eruv then don't use it

Interesting how some people "react" when they hear something is not so kosher ....
I am grateful to hear that the Eruv is not ok (not that I would carry on Schabbos in Bud)

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #970 on: May 27, 2024, 02:24:18 PM »
The Hanna reopened and is the only restaurant with hechsher from the kehilah not chabad.
New Menu
I enjoyed the appetizers but main fell short.

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #971 on: May 29, 2024, 05:39:25 PM »
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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #972 on: May 29, 2024, 05:41:11 PM »
Re Shabbos in Budapest
What are the best options regarding hotel and food
Hotel or Airbnb near Jewish quarter, The new W is stunning and 10min walk
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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #973 on: August 12, 2024, 08:31:15 PM »
The Hanna reopened and is the only restaurant with hechsher from the kehilah not chabad.
Is the kehillah considered a better hechsher? can someone explain the difference

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #974 on: August 12, 2024, 08:51:40 PM »
Is the kehillah considered a better hechsher? can someone explain the difference
Yes.

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #975 on: August 12, 2024, 09:03:01 PM »
Yes.
Said with such authority and no sources. Its a matter of personal preference. Neither is "better" than the other. They're both neemanim.
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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #976 on: August 22, 2024, 11:17:18 AM »
Yes.

Hanna's is now the only local eatery under the supervision of the new Rabbi Aryeh Mordechay Rabinowitz, - I don't know anything about him, but I did find a clip of his Inauguration there, which took place it seems in the Hanna restaurant.
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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #977 on: August 22, 2024, 11:27:28 AM »
Hanna's is now the only local eatery under the supervision of the new Rabbi Aryeh Mordechay Rabinowitz, - I don't know anything about him, but I did find a clip of his Inauguration there, which took place it seems in the Hanna restaurant.
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Its in the space of the Hanna that has been used as the shul since they were locked out of the other 2 shuls.
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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #978 on: August 22, 2024, 11:30:54 AM »
Is the main shul still not open ?

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #979 on: August 22, 2024, 05:41:42 PM »
Is the main shul still not open ?
Its back open however they got rid of all the furniture and it looks now more like a classroom